Chestnut soup is a tasty healthy way to enjoy chestnuts.

An American Chestnut Tree prior to the chestnut blight of the 1920s.

Historical Range of the American Chestnut Tree. The American Chestnut Tree once grew throughout the Appalachian region from the southern United States to New England.

Vintage photo of man with American Chestnut Trees

Shelton Family w large Chestnut, Tremont Falls TN c1920

Loggers standing in a grove American Chestnut Trees. The American Chestnut's rot resistant wood provided excellent lumber.

Transgenic American chestnut ‘Darling 54.’

Historic picture of a large American chestnut tree.